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Astrophotography in Guatemala

Astrophotography in Guatemala

| January 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

We are happy to share with you some marvelous samples of astrophotography from Guatemala captured by the patient lens of Ivan Castro Peña. Just last week we published a time lapse video entitled Una noche en tu gracia made by mister Castro during six different nights in the locations of Alotenango, Amatitlán, Los Pocitos Pacaya, [...]

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9th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

9th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

| January 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. —Eudora Welty

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Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe in Antigua Guatemala

Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe in Antigua Guatemala

| December 12, 2011 | 0 Comments

Throughout the country children dress in typical clothing paying homage to the Virgen de Guadalupe. One such procession begins at La Merced Church at 3pm. Typical food for sale outside the church, La Antigua. Photos by Rudy Girón

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8th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

8th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

| January 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are. —Ernst Haas

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Season For Marvel

Season For Marvel

| October 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

One of nature’s marvels unfolds nightly this time of year on Guatemala’s Pacific coast—a beautiful yet awkward ballet of emerging life that, within minutes of existence, is challenged for survival against natural predators.

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CIRMA Expands Access

CIRMA Expands Access

| July 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

Light begins to shine on buried treasure Not far from La Antigua’s Central Park lies a newly refurbished Guatemalan version of Ali Baba’s cave. Walk two blocks east on 5a calle, past the original University of San Carlos and what’s now a museum. Then another half block to the ornate wooden doors and the dark [...]

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Holy Week in Guatemala City

Holy Week in Guatemala City

| April 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Eny Roland Hernández

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PHOTO OP: Holy Week in El Salvador

PHOTO OP: Holy Week in El Salvador

| March 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

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Holy Week Vistas

Holy Week Vistas

| March 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

Holy Week Vistas by Nelo Mijangos

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Cuaresma or Lent Vistas

Cuaresma or Lent Vistas

| March 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

Cuaresma/Lent Vistas by Rudy Girón/AntiguaDailyPhoto.com

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Los Todos Santeros

Los Todos Santeros

| February 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

“The indigenous seem to understand instinctively what I want from them; we communicate with looks and gestures. The most important thing is empathy and mutual trust. This is a formula that has never failed me.”
—Los Todos Santeros, Hans Namuth,

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7th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

7th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

| January 1, 2010 | 6 Comments

To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. —Henri Cartier-Bresson

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The Antigua Photography Club

The Antigua Photography Club

| November 1, 2009 | 0 Comments

The local community of photographers will officially introduce itself to La Antigua this month with its first 
collective exhibit. The sentiment is a common one and spills from the lips of most residents and visitors alike: walking the streets of the quintessentially colonial town of La Antigua is like walking through a living painting, an [...]

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Postcards from the Park

Postcards from the Park

| July 1, 2009 | 0 Comments

text/photos by Melba Milak The city of La Antigua Guatemala is laid out in a simple grid: seven avenues running north and south and 10 streets going east and west. In the center of town is a park (Plaza Mayor), the heart and soul of the whole area. The atmosphere in the park is carefree [...]

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El Salvador Beach Scenes

El Salvador Beach Scenes

| July 1, 2009 | 0 Comments

photos by Lena Johannessen

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Thor Janson

Thor Janson

| May 1, 2009 | 12 Comments

Wildlife conservationist, photographer, author, adventurer, environmentalist and educator The volcano Pacaya in Guatemala began erupting more dramatically than usual one day several years ago, and nature photographer Thor Janson rushed to the slopes to take pictures for his files. “By 4 o’clock Pacaya was spewing molten lava several hundred meters into the air every 30 [...]

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6th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

6th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine

| January 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. —Ansel Adams

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ISTMO

ISTMO

| December 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

With stunning aerials by internationally acclaimed photographer Ange Bourda, a new book featuring unique views of Central American sights, including volcanoes, beaches and rainforests, will debut in Guatemala in January 2009. Titled ISTMO (Isthmus), the colorful hardcover book contains 160 remarkable photos by Bourda, a widely published French photographer who considers Guatemala his adoptive home. [...]

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